Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust was at the centre of a public inquiry after it was found that poor care could have led to hundreds of deaths. Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Two nurses who worked for a scandal-hit hospital have been struck off the nursing register after being found guilty of misconduct.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) ruled that the fitness to practise of the accident and emergency nurses Sharon Turner and Tracey White was "impaired".

An independent misconduct hearing was told that Turner used foul-mouthed language about patients and threatened to make her colleague's life "hell".

Turner also made racially motivated comments about doctors at Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust and falsified A&E waiting times data, the panel heard.

The panel ruled that on various occasions between December 2003 and October 2009, when Turner worked at the trust, she spoke about patients and staff in an "inappropriate manner".

She once said that she didn't give a "flying fuck" about patients, "they can fucking wait" and "they want to get real", or words to that effect, the panel was told.

With respect to one nurse, Turner said she "would make his life hell and get rid of him in six months" and "would drive him to drink and he would be out of here". When he was admitted to hospital after taking an overdose she said words to the effect of: "He should have taken a few more pills and done the job properly," the panel was told.

She also reportedly said: "I don't care if she lives or dies" when another colleague was taken to hospital with a head injury.

Determining the facts of the case against Turner, the panel also ruled that she uttered racially motivated comments about Asian junior doctors, accusing them of carrying bombs in their rucksacks or calling them "suicide bombers".

The panel also judged that she inaccurately recorded patient discharge times so it would appear the trust was meeting A&E targets, and instructed staff to transfer patients to wards with "soiled sheets".

White refused to help a senior nurse undress an elderly patient and called her a "naughty little monkey" for not taking drugs to treat constipation.

They also found that in relation to a patient who had attended A&E following a termination of her pregnancy, White said words to the effect of: "She can wait, if you can do that to your baby."

Between July 2000 and July 2010 she inaccurately recorded patient discharge times from A&E, and ordered other colleagues to follow her example, the panel found.

An NMC spokeswoman said: "The panel has made its decision on sanction and has ordered that both Turner and White be struck off the register."

Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust was at the centre of a public inquiry after it was found that poor care could have led to the deaths of hundreds of patients as a result of maltreatment and neglect.

The inquiry highlighted the "appalling and unnecessary suffering of hundreds of people" at the trust.

Probes into the scandal revealed that many patients were left lying in their own urine and excrement for days, forced to drink water from vases or given the wrong medication.

Maggie Oldham, chief executive at Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust, said: "Tracey White is still employed by the trust and has been working as a clinical site manager.

"We will now take time to give careful consideration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council panel's decision."